Customer Reviews:
 Decent Player, Useles Medium January 8, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Unfortunately for Sony, this is just another format that has seen no appreciable success in the US. We purchased this device to listen to professional voice work done for our company in Europe and Australia. This format seems to be much more popular in those areas of the world, but in the US, it is nearly impossible to find MiniDisc equipment and supplies anywhere but online.
I would say that the biggest challenge with MiniDisc, is that there is no digital audio extraction capability, even for unprotected content. Also, the device has moving parts, and spins just like a CD. Besides using more power, this makes the medium prone to possible skipping, and increased failure with the motor. Compared to modern music players like the iPod, the MiniDisc weighs more, is bulkier and holds a miniscule amount of data or music.
If you really need a MiniDisc player, this one will work quite well. If you are buying a device to hold your digital music, pictures or videos, skip this and move on to a more modern technology.
 An Alternative to MP3 Players June 25, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I've been contemplating for quite sometime, getting an MP3 player for my 30-40 mile bike rides. I had grown tired of having the portable cd player strapped to my side, so I figured it was time for a change. While looking at MP3 players at Target, I came across this little gem. At the time, these were selling for around a hundred dollars compared to the 1gb players for one-hundred and twenty. Now you can buy these online for around fifty bucks. I was so interested, that I talked myself into getting the Sony Psyc MiniDisk walkman. The player has very clear and good sound, and the disk don't skip when you hit the potholes. Even when I occassionally jog, I've only had it skip one time, and that's when I tripped and fell. It's light and small and you barely notice it strapped on your arm. I have a arm strap where you can carry an extra minidisk too. The battery life is very long, even for the cheap Dollar General brand of batteries I use. As stated in other post, you drain more of the batteries transfering the music from your computer to the minidisk. Example: I had to change out the batteries after making 4 disk. So just keep a few batteries on hand, while you make them, or get recharge ones. Making the disk are very simple, and you can choose different bit rates for the music. The higher the bit rate, the fewer songs on the minidisk. So you can get anywhere from 2 hours to 5 hours of music on the disk, depending on the rate. The sound quality is noticeble, so I use the 3 hour rate. So I have a large selection on songs, without giving up all sound quality. Then only two drawbacks are it can't play video or podcast, and audiobooks take two or three disk. So for those this isn't practical at all. Now that Mp3 players are cheaper, most stores don't carry this now. So for less than a hundred you can get a 2gb mp3 player that does music and video. That being said I luv mine and will continue to use it, until it conks out. Its light, easy to use, and have very good sound. You will be very happy with this purchase.
 mini disc player February 16, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
very easy to use piece of machinery. Easy to record from CD to walkman. The sound is great and the earplugs are very comfortable. Great for traveling on planes and working out in. Small enough to fit in a pocket and does not skip.
the sony mini disc player January 2, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i recieved a sony mini disc player for christmas and really enjoyed it. it had great sound qualities, good battery life and,durible.the think that i disliked is sonic stage the program you use to add music. i sent at least an hour at the computer makeing one mini disc and trynig to figure out why it said there was no disc when there was.overall i like everythin about the player just not the program.
the sony mini disc player January 2, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i recieved a sony mini disc player for christmas and really enjoyed it. it had great sound qualities, good battery life and,durible.the think that i disliked is sonic stage the program you use to add music. i sent at least an hour at the computer makeing one mini disc and trynig to figure out why it said there was no disc when there was.overall i like everythin about the player just not the program.
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